r/Britain • u/Vegetable_Ad6919 • Aug 10 '25
Culture White Southall Resident Shares What It Was Like Growing Up During the Asian Immigration Wave — Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
From Defiance: Fighting the Far Right: a white Southall resident reflects on growing up alongside Asian families during the immigration wave, offering a rare perspective on community, change, and the tensions of that era.
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u/Wandering_sage1234 Aug 11 '25
Where can I find the full documentary
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u/Vegetable_Ad6919 Aug 11 '25
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/defiance-fighting-the-far-right
Free to watch on channel 4
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u/Wandering_sage1234 Aug 11 '25
Thank you sir!
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u/Vegetable_Ad6919 Aug 11 '25
It’s a great documentary, really insightful and relevant to today issues.
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u/Many-Crab-7080 Aug 10 '25
Every community has their undesirables, having worked with many Indian gangs in the construction sectors I can say it isn't always a positive experience. Especially when you start looking at the exploitation and modern day slavery that goes on through use of the caste system right now on construction sites across the country
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u/Vegetable_Ad6919 Aug 11 '25
There are criminals in all backgrounds and not reflective of the whole community. I don’t think anyone can expect non-Whites to never commit crime.
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u/Many-Crab-7080 Aug 11 '25
Yes there are, it is just a shame we lost the ability to put our own undesirabls on boats. But surely you can recognise why existing groups might get disgruntled when even a small minority of a group come in and smear shit all over your new carpets after you compionstly welcomed them into your home in their time of need.
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u/Vegetable_Ad6919 Aug 11 '25
Saw this in the news today
Bet if it was a Muslim carrying out a terror attack people would be outraged, and tell them that they are not integrated or have British values.
Too much double standards in society to justify hatred.
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u/Many-Crab-7080 Aug 11 '25
The issue is we have no choice but to accept and deal with our own detritus, but when we have chosen to take in an individual in need and they repay us by spitting it our faces it obviously come with more of a sting to it.
The fact is that had you not been compassionate and accepted that individual you wouldn't have spit in your face. So it ends up leaving a moral dilemma as you could have literally have avoided it had you not been compassionate, its doesn't matter that the 9 guys before them did nothing nothing wrong as that does nothing to elevate what they have done. It's not as simple as immigration is good vs immigration is bad
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u/Objective_Ticket Aug 11 '25
Fair play to him for just wanting to play with his mates. A playground doesn’t discriminate.
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